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Reds 4 @ Dodgers 5
Ebbets Field
September 17, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 17, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 17, 1956 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 4 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Carl Erskine  
Losing Pitcher—Brooks Lawrence  
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Game Winning RBI—Carl Furillo 

Game Info

DateSeptember 17, 1956 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherHal Jeffcoat  
Home Starting PitcherClem Labine  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance18,017 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Augie Donatelli
1B: Tom Gorman
2B: Babe Pinelli
3B: Hal Dixon

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Ed Bailey  Catcher 
Alex Grammas  Third Baseman 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Hal Jeffcoat  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Third Baseman 
Sandy Amoros  Left Fielder 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Clem Labine  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Reds 4 @ Dodgers 5
Ebbets Field
September 17, 1956

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         Game of 9/17/1956 -- Cincinnati at Brooklyn (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Temple J, 2b          5  0  1  0   Gilliam J, 2b         4  1  1  0   
Bell G, cf            5  1  3  0   Reese P, ss           5  1  3  0   
Robinson F, lf        4  0  1  1   Snider D, cf          3  1  2  1   
Kluszewski T, 1b      1  0  0  0   Robinson J, 3b        4  0  1  0   
Crowe G, 1b           4  0  0  0   Amoros S, lf          5  1  2  0   
Post W, rf            5  1  2  0   Erskine C, p          0  0  0  0   
Bailey E, c           5  1  1  2   Furillo C, rf         4  1  2  3   
Grammas A, 3b         2  0  1  0   Hodges G, 1b          4  0  1  1   
Thurman B, ph         1  0  0  0   Campanella R, c       3  0  1  0   
Bridges R, 3b         0  0  0  0   Labine C, p           4  0  0  0   
Jablonski R, ph-3b    1  1  1  1   Bessent D, p          0  0  0  0   
McMillan R, ss        3  0  0  0   Cimoli G, lf          0  0  0  0   
Jeffcoat H, p         2  0  0  0                                      
Burgess S, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Schult A, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
Balcena B, pr         0  0  0  0                                      
Lawrence B, p         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 10  4                        36  5 13  5

Cincinnati       001 000 003 0 --  4
Brooklyn         201 000 010 1 --  5
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat H            7.0  9  3  3  2  8
Freeman H             1.0  2  1  1  1  1
Lawrence B (L)        1.0  2  1  1  1  1

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Labine C              8.2  8  3  3  0  4
Bessent D*            0.1  2  1  1  3  0
Erskine C (W)         1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 10th

DP -- Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Brooklyn 10
2B -- Post W, Robinson F
3B -- Bell G
HR -- Snider D, Bailey E, Jablonski R, Furillo C
CS -- Hodges G
SH -- Furillo C
HBP -- by Jeffcoat H (Gilliam J)
PB -- Bailey E
T -- 3:05
A -- 18017

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